I have been looking at some Invicta watches and felt that some of them looked like real bargains and just wanted to know what your opinion was?
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Got a pro diver and love it to death. £72 for a mechanical watch with a Seiko movement and not from China (which may or may not be a selling feature to you) . Its an absolute strap monster. Just know that the lume is practically nonexistent and the watch is a bit of a chunky monkey.
Millions of QVC shoppers can't be wrong. They may have a very psychedelic taste when it comes to watch design, but they are not wrong.
The pro diver and similar designs below 43-44mm from Invicta are very decent options indeed. Both the quarzt and the auto versions. The model Popitonanato mentioned is indeed vfm. only the lume is a real negative for that kind of money plus from time to time you can even find it for less than 60€ on amazon sales. I would go for the black dial which is indeed a strap hyper monster!!
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Same. I have a pro diver as well in gold with a black dial. Looks good. Wears well. Has lasted, so there's that. I also have a different diver on a leather strap. It also looks and wears well. It's all subjective though. With Invicta, you have to find what fits your wrist and your style, as they make a ton of watches for different tastes.
As a brand they ain't great. A lot of shitty marketing, a lot of shitty watches.
But amongst all that there are quite a few decent watches, i.e. decent quality, fairly priced. So, when people do the "if you could only have watches from brands X and Y for life" challenges then Invicta becomes a perfectly viable option.
Avoid the hockey pucks though. And, if you can: avoid the ones with a massive "Invicta" engraving on the side of the case.
My buddy wears the black pro diver every day and loves it. To fill this look category I went with a Casio Duro and I love it. Im a Casio fan though.
When I first started collecting I purchased a number of Invicta watches, including a Pro Diver. After three of them broke within six months and the issues weren't covered by the warranty, I stopped purchasing them altogether. I won't fault someone else for enjoying Invicta, but they have lost my business with their crappy quality control, service, and warranties.
I think a good summary was offered in the zombie brands thread a few weeks back. I am indifferent to them, but if you enjoy them I respect your decision.
Stick to the automatics and check the movement is the best advice I can give. The quartz pieces are less than good and they use the Seiko movement NH35 in most of their autos.
I’ve had several Invictas and i have found them to be solid watches as long as you ignore retail.
Invicta makes bad stuff and decent stuff, like many other brands. I don't like homages but if you are fine with them, not every Invicta is like this one:
Some of them are like this one:
And their vintage pieces are the ones that I love:
I like to watch their qvc specials for a few minutes, occasionally. My wife gave an amusingly loud "what the F is that!?" the other night when she looked up from her phone. I think the watch in question was 58mm with an nh35 main display flanked by 4 small quartz modules on the lugs, in gold pvd. Wild.
That said. Buy what you like, and don't let dummies on the internet tell you you're wrong.
Got a pro diver for 70 bucks. It's a really fun watch to wear
I had a massive one about 10 years ago and it retained half of the amount of $ I paid for it when I sold it. Win win for me.
You can regularly get these at 80-90% discount on Jomashop if you're determined to go this route. Not exaggerating.
Nefarious business practices, outright lies about factories, fake Swiss origins. Ridiculous MSRPs, crappy QC.
I could go on and on. There is a ton of information out there about the way they do business.
The one watch brand I wouldn't even wear as a gift.
I have two Invicta watches which I really do like and enjoy. Yeah they run big and heavy. but glad that they make other styles for people with smaller wrist like me.
The only question I asked the local watch shop when I first got into watches was which brands to stay away from. I didn't know anything. His only response was Invicta...
Saw an Invicta dive watch with a Seiko NH35 movement on Amazon for £59 last week.
I wouldnt normally recommend them but at that price, if you want a daily beater to abuse until it falls apart, you'd be silly not to buy it.
Wait for one on a deep deep sale, make sure it has a strap that can be removed and replaced and go for it! If you get one with an NH35 movement, even if the watch falls apart, save the movement - its a great watch modding platform.
Very decent watches, ideal to try things out. I enjoy my Pro Diver 24947 and I can tell for sure that Invicta convinced me to buy similar watches but of a higher quality from other brands!
My friend loves Invicta watches, but truthfully, I am not a fan. They are way too big for my taste. Having said that, if a brand calls out to you and you like them, they are the brand for you. I collect Timex, so I'm definitely not a horology snob. Now that I'm thinking about it, Invicta is probably the only watch brand I definitely know I don't like. I can't think of any others.
For me Invicta was like a gateway drug, they piqued my interest, the first exhibition back watch I owned was an Invicta from there down the rabbet hole I went.
Invicta make great watches! Just got to find your wrist size and style.
HANDS DOWN THE BEST VALUED BRAND OUT THERE. THE QUALITY IS ON PAR WITH WATCHES THAT COST INTO THE THOUSDANDS
I've had an NH35 Pro Diver 40mm for a few years now and it's been nothing but perfect. a few + seconds a day, maybe 10 which is fine for the movement and not a scratch. Seems it varies all over the show with them
I don't have a problem wearing an Invicta. In fact, I think they have some fun watches for the money
I've owned nine Invicta watches. Some I've kept, others sold or given away. Never had a problem with any of them, except one quartz model has a minute hand that "jumps" a bit when you press in the crown. I recommend buying from somewhere that has a liberal return policy, because the Invicta "3-Year Warranty" is a horrible, useless joke.
I like invicta’s "standard" divers and they produce some nice dress pieces but unfortunately they make big bulky watches that I do not like. I have 2 grand divers and I would add the 1953 but that would be it I think…